Touch teams impress at state carnival

DALBY players proved to be a force to be reckoned with at the Queensland Primary All Schools Touch Championship at Redlands in Brisbane over the weekend, with teams from Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Dalby State School, Dalby South School and Dalby Christian School all reaching semi or grand final berths.

Hundreds of teams from all over the state converged on the Cleveland Showgrounds on both Saturday and Sunday to take part in the massive carnival, which was split up into separate divisions and pools.

The divisions included the Championship round, Cup round, Plate round, and Bowl.

Dalby's Our Lady of the Southern Cross College boys team performed very well in day one resulting in being escalated to the Championship division for day two finals.

Dalby South School boys turned a disappointing day one performance around with determination and style on day two making it all the way the grand final in the Plate division and only narrowly being defeated.

In the grand final for their division, Dalby Christian College's mixed team also went all the way through to the final, being defeated by only one point.

The Dalby State School boys had an extremely successful competition in the cup round, coming home with first place.

"They were really happy with themselves,” said coach Tamara Kavney.

"I coach them two to three days a week before school and we thought they had a bit of a chance, but you just don't know until you get there.”

A number of Dalby's touch players also represent the region in Rugby League, Rugby Union and AFL.

The All Schools Touch Carnival was first held in 2006, with teams from Dalby competing every year.

"It's all fun experience for the kids and they make lots of new friends, that's really good too,” Mrs Kavney said.

"Dalby as a whole did really well; the other schools performed quite well too which is good for Dalby... the town has got a really good football program all around.”